Bill Mick of WMMB 1240 • 1350 has performed an important service by interviewing local Brevard candidates and posting the videos online. Interviews can provide a different perspective and often provide more information than written answers.

The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) works to empower small farmholders and develop democratic control of food systems. Each year they honor a domestic and international organization for their work. This year the US winner was The Farmworker Association of Florida (FWAF).

Cities and towns in the US are compiling private DNA databases, separate and apart from the FBI national database. Methods of collecting DNA vary from place to place, are unregulated and often have no citizen oversight board. Melbourne and Palm Bay are on the forefront of this effort. This article from ProPublica sheds more light on what is taking place in our communities.

The Save Our Lagoon Project Plan requires a systematic and scientifically supported analysis of the measures required and the economic analysis and prioritization of how to proceed in an optimum fashion. The Plan is rigorous and thorough and is designed to get the maximum reduction in pollution from the dollars invested.

Danny Glover said it best: “I'm going to be very frank: When I go to the polls, I'm going to vote for Hillary Clinton. ... I want to make her live up to that platform and everything else. I want us to exceed what has been put in that platform. I want us to see a movement come out of this.” I am and always will be a Bernie supporter, and I agree with him that the only way not to derail the train is to vote for Hillary as a stopgap measure. This will undoubtedly be the second most important presidential election in history, following the election of 1860.

Total sewage spills into the Indian River Lagoon during 2015: 25,625,952 gallons. That's 25.6 MILLION gallons of sewage dumped into a sick and dying lagoon. What we don’t have and have never had, is an elected public official to be our Indian River Lagoon Champion, to finally take action.

Rick Scott stripped protections from Dept. of Environmental Protections, appointed members to Environmental Regulatory Commission, which just voted to approve more toxic chemicals in Florida waters. Are we outraged yet?

Day 3: Many interesting speakers, who tried to show that Hillary would be an effective Commander-in-Chief. There were also attempts to show where Hillary and Bernie had similar views. Let’s summarize the major speeches, starting with Leon Panetta.

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